When I started quilting I wasn’t very fond of scrappy quilts. I approached every quilt I made in a very organized fashion, I always had a plan from the beginning all the way to the end, and that included the placement of fabrics and colours. I wasn’t comfortable with just starting something to see where I would end up. Luckily times change, and at some point I realized that a random placement has its charm too. And of course my pile of scraps kept growing and growing, and suddenly scrappy quilts didn’t look too bad anymore. Today I save every scrap quilt idea that I come across and like, and I have several projects underway just to use up all my leftovers. And I am very tempted to start another one. Jan Ragaller’s “Apple Crisp” quilt caught my eye right away, I love the colours, and it is amazing what you can do with two simple blocks in the right setting. The four patch and snowball blocks are easy enough to make, and the result is quite lovely.